电视英语口语教材 21

[00:00.00]Lesson 21

[00:01.58]第二十一课

[00:03.16]A DAY OF HARVESTING(A Page from a Student’s Diary)

[00:06.69]收割的一日(学生日记一则)

[00:10.21]October 24.

[00:11.79]10月24日

[00:13.37]Today we began harvesting.We got up at daybreak,and after an early breakfast we started off for the rice fields.

[00:19.30]我们今天开始收割。天刚亮我们就起了床，早早吃过早饭，就动身去稻田。

[00:25.23]We got there after half an hour’s walk.

[00:27.01]走了半个小时便到达那里。

[00:28.79]The fields around us looked like a golden sea.I have never seen anything so beautiful!

[00:33.85]周围的稻田像一片金色的海洋，我从来没看见过如此美丽的景象!

[00:38.92]We worked side by side with the farmers.At first some of us were rather slow.

[00:42.96]我们同农民们并肩劳动。开始我们有些人干得很慢。

[00:46.99]The farmers showed us how to cut the rice and how to tie the bundles.

[00:50.13]农民教我们如何割稻子，如何打捆，

[00:53.26]Soon we learned to work faster.

[00:55.17]我们很快就学会了，干的就快起来了。

[00:57.08]We worked in three groups.\"Faster,faster!We mustn’t fall behind the others!\"That was the thought in everybody’s mind.

[01:02.72]我们分三组干活。“快一点，再快点!不要落到别人后面!”每个人心里都这么想。

[01:08.36]Evening came before we realized it.We put down our sickles and looked at each other.

[01:12.03]不知不觉已是黄昏时分了，我们放下镰刀，你看看我，我看看你，

[01:15.70]Our clothes were wet with sweat.On every face there was a smile.

[01:19.36]衣服都被汗水湿透了，每个人的脸上都挂着笑容。

[01:23.02]We harvested thirty mu altogether.That was not bad for the first day.

[01:26.54]我们总共割了三十亩稻田，这在第一天算是不错的了。

[01:30.07]But tomorrow we shall certainly do better-much better.

[01:33.14]明天我们肯定会干得好些，更好些。

[01:36.21]AFTER SUPPER

[01:37.80]What time is it now,Zhang Ling?Will there be enough time for a bath?

[01:43.55]Yes,I think so.It’s half past six.There is still half an hour to go.But you’d better hurry up.Our study group is meeting at seven.

[01:55.91]Don’t worry.I’ll be back in twenty minutes.Don’t forget to turn off the light before you go.

[02:03.35]THE AMAZON

[02:04.34]亚马孙河

[02:05.34]The Amazon is a great river.It is nearly 4,000 miles long.It carries more water than any other river in the world.

[02:11.38]亚马孙河是一条大河。它长约4000英里，是世界上流量最大的河。

[02:17.43]At its mouth it is 220 miles wide.Ocean-going ships can travel 1,000 miles up the Amazon,and smaller steamers can reach 2,300 miles inland.

[02:26.53]亚马孙河出海处宽约220英里。远洋轮船可以沿亚马孙河上行1000英里，小一点的轮船可以上行2300英里，进入内陆。

[02:35.64]In a single second the Amazon pours 59,000,000 gallons of water into the Atlantic Ocean.

[02:40.00]在一秒钟之内，亚马孙河向大西洋泄入5900万加仑的水。

[02:44.36]Its muddy water makes the ocean brown for 200 miles.

[02:47.69]浑浊的河水使河口200英里范围的海洋变成棕黄色。

[02:51.02]Half of South America is Brazil,and nearly half of Brazil is covered by the Amazon.

[02:54.75]南美洲的一半是巴西，巴西的小一半，是亚马孙河。

[02:58.47]It is truly a great river.

[03:00.69]真是一条宏伟的大河。

[03:02.91]harvesting

[03:04.23]收割

[03:05.55]diary

[03:07.00]日记

[03:08.45]daybreak

[03:10.99]黎明

[03:13.54]start (for)

[03:15.38]动身

[03:17.22]rice

[03:19.07]稻

[03:20.91]field

[03:22.55]田野

[03:24.20]around

[03:26.75]在…周围

[03:29.29]look

[03:30.74]看起来

[03:32.19]golden

[03:34.03]金黄色的

[03:35.88]sea

[03:37.85]海

[03:39.82]so

[03:41.66]这样地

[03:43.50]side

[03:45.48]边

[03:47.45]side by side with

[03:49.86]和…并肩

[03:52.28]slow

[03:53.99]慢的

[03:55.70]tie

[03:58.25]捆

[04:00.80]bundle

[04:02.95]束，捆

[04:05.11]fast

[04:06.56]快

[04:08.01]faster

[04:09.52]更快

[04:11.04]fall

[04:13.58]落

[04:16.13]behind

[04:18.61]在…后面

[04:21.09]fall behind

[04:22.80]落在后面

[04:24.52]thought

[04:26.29]想法

[04:28.07]mind

[04:29.98]脑子

[04:31.88]realize

[04:34.36]意识到

[04:36.85]sickle

[04:38.23]镰刀

[04:39.61]wet

[04:41.52]湿

[04:43.43]sweat

[04:45.34]汗

[04:47.24]face

[04:49.92]脸

[04:52.60]smile

[04:53.92]笑

[04:55.24]harvest

[04:56.49]收割

[04:57.74]mu

[05:00.09]亩

[05:02.45]altogether

[05:04.09]一共

[05:05.74]bad

[05:07.77]坏的

[05:09.81]not bad

[05:11.39]不坏

[05:12.97]certainly

[05:15.59]肯定地

[05:18.20]bath

[05:19.65]洗澡

[05:21.10]take a bath

[05:22.87]洗个澡

[05:24.65]think

[05:25.71]认为

[05:26.77]had better

[05:28.35]最好

[05:29.93]minute

[05:31.38]分钟

[05:32.83]forget

[05:33.95]忘记

[05:35.07]turn

[05:37.62]转动

[05:40.17]turn off

[05:41.62]关上

[05:43.07]hurry

[05:44.58]赶快

[05:46.10]hurry up

[05:47.35]赶快

[05:48.60]back

[05:51.22]回来

[05:53.83]turn on

[05:55.80]开

[05:57.77]light

[05:59.75]光